- Implemented optional texture filtering for card pictures on the battlefield in mobile Forge (helpful on larger tablets and when running mobile Forge on PC), disabled by default.

forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class Forge implements ApplicationListener {
     private static boolean exited;
     private static int continuousRenderingCount = 1; //initialize to 1 since continuous rendering is the default
     private static final Stack<FScreen> screens = new Stack<FScreen>();
+    private static boolean textureFiltering = false;
 
     public static ApplicationListener getApp(Clipboard clipboard0, IDeviceAdapter deviceAdapter0, String assetDir0) {
         if (GuiBase.getInterface() == null) {
@@ -75,15 +76,19 @@ public class Forge implements ApplicationListener {
         splashScreen = new SplashScreen();
         Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(new MainInputProcessor());
 
+        ForgePreferences prefs = new ForgePreferences();
+
         String skinName;
         if (FileUtil.doesFileExist(ForgeConstants.MAIN_PREFS_FILE)) {
-            skinName = new ForgePreferences().getPref(FPref.UI_SKIN);
+            skinName = prefs.getPref(FPref.UI_SKIN);
         }
         else {
             skinName = "default"; //use default skin if preferences file doesn't exist yet
         }
         FSkin.loadLight(skinName, splashScreen);
 
+        textureFiltering = prefs.getPrefBoolean(FPref.UI_LIBGDX_TEXTURE_FILTERING);
+
         //load model on background thread (using progress bar to report progress)
         FThreads.invokeInBackgroundThread(new Runnable() {
             @Override
@@ -262,6 +267,10 @@ public class Forge implements ApplicationListener {
         });
     }
 
+    public static boolean isTextureFilteringEnabled() {
+        return textureFiltering; 
+    }
+
     public static boolean isLandscapeMode() {
         return screenWidth > screenHeight;
     }

forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/ImageLoader.java

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
 
 import forge.Forge;
 import forge.ImageKeys;
+import forge.model.FModel;
+import forge.properties.ForgePreferences;
 
 final class ImageLoader extends CacheLoader<String, Texture> {
     @Override
@@ -16,8 +18,14 @@ final class ImageLoader extends CacheLoader<String, Texture> {
         if (file != null) {
             FileHandle fh = new FileHandle(file);
             try {
+                if (Forge.isTextureFilteringEnabled()) {
+                    Texture t = new Texture(fh, true);
+                    t.setFilter(Texture.TextureFilter.MipMapLinearNearest, Texture.TextureFilter.MipMapNearestNearest);
+                    return t;
+                } else {
                     return new Texture(fh);
                 }
+            }
             catch (Exception ex) {
                 Forge.log("Could not read image file " + fh.path() + "\n\nException:\n" + ex.toString());
             }

forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/screens/settings/SettingsPage.java

@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ public class SettingsPage extends TabPage<SettingsScreen> {
                 "Show Match Background",
                 "Show match background image on battlefield, otherwise background texture shown instead."),
                 4);
+        lstSettings.addItem(new BooleanSetting(FPref.UI_LIBGDX_TEXTURE_FILTERING,
+                "Battlefield Texture Filtering",
+                "Filter card art on battlefield to make it look less pixelated on large screens (restart required)."),
+                4);
         lstSettings.addItem(new CustomSelectSetting(FPref.UI_DISPLAY_CURRENT_COLORS,
                 "Detailed Card Color",
                 "Displays the breakdown of the current color of cards in the card detail information panel.",

forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/properties/ForgePreferences.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class ForgePreferences extends PreferencesStore<ForgePreferences.FPref> {
         UI_COMPACT_LIST_ITEMS ("false"),
         UI_CARD_SIZE ("small"),
         UI_SINGLE_CARD_ZOOM("false"),
+        UI_LIBGDX_TEXTURE_FILTERING("false"),
         UI_BUGZ_NAME (""),
         UI_BUGZ_PWD (""),
         UI_ANTE ("false"),